Suppressing my senses and/or normal brain function is not a strategy I typically use. In some cases I do look for quiet moments when I can explain to someone that certain sounds affect me greatly, and my overall goal there is related to hoping others will at least try to understand and then possibly try to reduce or even eliminate a given sound or two (at least around me) in the future. However, I long ago stopped asking people to "Please cut that out!" or "Please stop that!" or whatever since there is actually nothing at all wrong with people making sounds and it is unreasonable to believe the entire world must automatically know and understand my particular deal and then immediately adjust for me.